as in side road
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Noun
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Tucked down a side road, the building was anonymous, without a doorbell or a knocker, its purpose betrayed only by a slight smear of reddish paint on the front door.—
Rebecca Mead,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025 -
The side roads will be closed as well, plus there will be additional vehicle barricades and checkpoints throughout the Quarter.—
Carlie Kollath Wells,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
Noun
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On weekday mornings, when pedestrians would activate the signal during rush hour, roughly 10 cars would usually be backed up down a side street.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
23 May 2025
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Rodriguez was born and raised in Chicago and resided in the northwest neighborhood of Albany Park, in an apartment on a quiet, leafy residential side street.—
Becky Sullivan,
NPR,
22 May 2025
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Parker said most highways are in decent shape, and road crews will focus on frontage and secondary roads.—
Remington Miller,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Black ice is expected to form, especially on secondary roads and areas with runoff from melting snow.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Getting Around Oslo With high road tolls and expensive, hard-to-find parking, driving in Oslo can quickly become a hassle, putting a damper on your weekend.—
David Nikel,
Forbes,
10 Oct. 2024
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The moral high road In an uncertain world with no clear answers, anger can be a north star.—
Allie Volpe,
Vox,
7 Dec. 2018
Noun
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In one video, officers were seen throwing smoke bombs and flash bangs onto the street to get people to disperse, so the authorities could drive away in vans, SUVs and military-style vehicles.—
Greg Wehner , Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
7 June 2025
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Like the old streets in so many cities, which were meant to bring out the history, turned out to be repetitions everywhere.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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The strong currents from flash floods can pull drivers off roadways.—
STAR-TELEGRAM WEATHER BOT,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 June 2025
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Flash flooding currents are strong and can sweep drivers off roadways.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
Noun
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These disruptions often result in road closures, traffic spikes and delays across key transit routes, severely affecting delivery schedules.—
Clemente Theotokis,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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But Woldenberg, who holds a J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School and who worked at a corporate law firm before joining the family business, has been down this road before.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
9 June 2025
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Arriving in Huntsville, visitors are greeted by a towering Saturn V rocket that looms beside the highway like a monolith of American achievement.—
Jordi Lippe-McGraw,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Moments earlier, around 3 p.m. April 1, the man had allegedly pointed a gun at officers and other drivers on the highway, before dropping the gun and fleeing.—
Kendrick Calfee,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2025
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“Shunpike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shunpike. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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